Professor Megan Davis Part 1

Episode 80

Play episode

Host Mundanara Bayles is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference which is the accumulated knowledge that Aboriginal people developed over the tens of thousands of years of living in this land, now known as Australia.

Relationships are at the core of Aboriginal Culture and Society and in our whole history of living in this country we never invaded our neighbours.

An Aboriginal Terms of Reference introduction is based on “Who you are and not what you do”, this way of introduction has been practiced by Aboriginal people since the first sunrise. From an Aboriginal perspective this way of introduction reinforces our humaness, we are much more than our job titles.

Professor Megan Davis is a Cobble Cobble woman of the Barrungam nation in southwest Queensland.

Megan is the Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous. As PVCI, she leads UNSW’s Indigenous Strategy and is the Director of Nura Gili: Centre for Indigenous Programs.

Megan is a Professor of Law and the Balnaves Chair of Constitutional Law. She is a renowned constitutional lawyer and public law expert, focusing on advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Her work extends internationally, through roles at the United Nations, focusing on global Indigenous rights. In this capacity, she was elected by the UN Human Rights Council to the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples based in Geneva in 2017 and again in 2019 (2019-2022). She is currently the Chair of the Expert Mechanism.

Megan Davis is an Acting Commissioner of the NSW Land and Environment Court, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. She is also a member of the NSW Sentencing Council and an Australian Rugby League Commissioner.

We had such an amazing yarn! So good, that we have to split this episode into 3 parts! In part 1, we really get to know WHO Megan Davis is.

Acast description

Recommendations throughout this episode:

https://www.indigenous.unsw.edu.au/about/pro-vice-chancellor-indigenous

Website:www.blackmagicwoman.com.au

Follow us on Instagram – @blackmagicwomanpodcast

The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities.Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focuses more on who people are rather than on what they do.

If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.au

More from this show

Subscribe

* indicates required
Black Magic WomanEpisode 80